The Challenging of Chemotherapy among the Cancer Treatments: The Fact and Meth of the Alternative
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Chemotherapy refers to the role of drugs in trying to destroy or stop the development and spread of cancer cells in the body. Although it is one of the common types of treatment for cancer patients, not all patients need chemotherapy as part of their treatment, as it depends on their specific diagnosis, and sometimes chemotherapy is given only to reduce the size of cancer cells before surgery. Chemotherapy at the Specialized Hospital aims to: Treat cancer diseases and prevent their recurrence.
Controlling cancerous disease by reducing the size of tumors or preventing them from growing and spreading to other parts of the body and relieving symptoms in patients who have cancer spread in their bodies to improve their quality of life and their treatment of cancer
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